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|In the North East of England, the county had one of Britain's richest coalfields and was once mined extensively.
  
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The land is hilly and rugged, and arranged around its castled capital, Durham.
  
==Registry Offices==
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Jarrow, South Shields and Sunderland to the northeast are metropolitan areas with a great shipbuilding tradition.
  
Over the years county boundary changes have resulted in several changes to the district coverage.
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The Venerable Bede, known as the father of English, lived at Jarrow and lies in Durham Cathedral.
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'''County town:''' Durham
  
To avoid confusion try the following sites,they have links to local bmd index database,
 
certificate ordering and register office contact details
 
  
Certificate Applications are now dealt with at a new purpose built site at Bishop Auckland
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'''Other major towns:''' Sunderland, South Shields, Gateshead
  
*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/usp.nsf/pws/8025694D002ACDA4802571C300433D52?opendocument  Register Office Locations and Contact details]
 
  
*[http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Legal+Services/Register+Office/Register+Office.htm Darlington Register Office]
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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Durham | Durham Places of Worship]]'''
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'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
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==Resources==
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'''Primary Reference'''
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*[http://www.durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/recordoffice/usp.nsf/pws/durham+record+office+-+durham+record+office+homepage Durham County Record Office]
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*[http://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/leisure-and-culture/archives/ Teesside Archives]
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*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/Pages/ContentPage.aspx?DCCId=49995c67-5b7d-4cda-abf8-3a19f7b8acb1 Durham Libraries]
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*[http://www.clevelandfhs.org.uk/ Cleveland FHS]
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*[http://www.durhamweb.org.uk/dclhs/ Durham County Local History Society]
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*[http://www.ndfhs.org.uk/ Northumberland and Durham FHS]
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*[http://www.redmire.net/lookup/dur.html Durham Look-up Exchange]
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'''Countywide Interest'''
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*[http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Living/cemeteries/bor.htm Darlington Crematorium - Online Book of Remembrance]
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*[http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Education/Library/Centre+for+Local+Studies/localstudies.htm Darlington Local Studies Library]
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*[http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Culture/headofsteam/KenHoole/KenHoole.htm Darlington Railway Museum - Ken Hoole Study Centre]
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*[http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1309819;t=browsable;w=0;p=collectionDetails Diocese of Durham Bishops' Transcripts]
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*[http://www.durhamcrem.co.uk/book.html Durham Crematorium - Online Book of Remembrance]
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*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DUR/D_Executions.html Durham Executions 1732 - 1909]
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*[http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com/ Durham Records Online]
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*[http://www.durham-miner.org.uk/miner/usp.nsf/pws/Durham+Miner+Project+-+Durham+Miner+Home+Page The Durham Mining Project]
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*[http://www.dmm.org.uk/ Durham Mining Museum]
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*[http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/asc/about/ Durham University Library - Archives & Special Colllections]
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*[http://www.east-durham.co.uk/ East Durham]
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*[http://www.keystothepast.info/k2p/usp.nsf/pws/Keys%20to%20the%20Past%20-%20Home%20Page  Keys to the Past]
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*[http://www2.newsquest.co.uk/the_north_east/history/echomemories/durham/106/150206.html North East History]
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*[http://www.newmp.org.uk/category.php?categoryid=1 North East War Memorials Project]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~uknortheast/index.html UK North East Website and Genealogical Mailing List]
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*[http://www.remembranceonline.co.uk/index.php?option=com_mtree&task=viewlink&link_id=10&Itemid=43 Teesside Crematorium - Online Book of Remembrance]
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*[http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/ The Northern Echo, News, Sport, Business and more]
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*[http://www.weardalemuseum.co.uk/ Weardale Museum]
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
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*[http://www.annfieldplain-fhs.co.uk/index.htm Annfield Plain Family History Society]
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*[http://www.aycliffehistory.org.uk Aycliffe Village Local History Society]  
  
*[http://www.middlesbrough-indexes.co.uk Tees Valley Indexes - Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages.]
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*[http://www.bishopaucklandhistory.co.uk/ Bishop Auckland]
  
*[http://www.northeastbmd.org.uk/ North East Births, Marriages & Deaths] with links to 18 register offices from the England/Scotland Border in Northumberland down to Middlesbrough, an excellent resource for the whole of North East England.
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*[http://www.boldronhistory.com/index.htm Boldron History]  
  
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*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/Pages/Service.aspx?ServiceId=6718 Chester-le-Street Cemetery Burial Index]
  
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*[http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/clcp/index.phtml Coundon & Leeholme]
  
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*[http://www.crook-town.co.uk/history.html Crook History]
  
==Record Office and Cemetery Lookup Contacts==
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*[http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/darlingtonhistoricalsociety/page9.phtml West Cemetery Darlington]
  
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*[http://www.gravetext.co.uk/ Gravetext - Burial Records and Memorials in the Derwent Valley of North West Durham]
  
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*[http://www.thelocalchannel.co.uk/easingtonvillage/page740088.aspx St Mary Easington Monumental Inscriptions]
  
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*[http://www.escombsaxonchurch.com/ Escomb Saxon Church]
  
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*[http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/escombhistory/ Escomb Village]
  
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*[http://www.ferryhill.gov.uk/services/duncombe_cemetery.htm Ferryhill/Duncombe Cemetery Burial Index]
  
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*[http://www.asaplive.com/Local/home.cfm Gateshead Local Studies]
  
*[http://www.ndfhs.org.uk/ Northumberland and Durham FHS]
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*[http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/hlewhistsoc/index.phtml Howden-le-Wear History]  
  
*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/recordoffice/usp.nsf/pws/durham+record+office+-+durham+record+office+homepage COUNTY RECORD OFFICE]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/methodistfamily/?200716?200827?200828 Gateshead and Jarrow Methodist Circuit Family Tree Resources]
  
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/durham.html LIBRARY LINK]
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*[http://hebburn.org/ Hebburn]
  
*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/gro/newgro.nsf/search?open&C0790814120412042006$ DURHAM BMD]
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*[http://www.paulperry1.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Pictorial History of Jarrow]
  
*[http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Living/Register+Office/RegOfficeSearch.htm Darlington Online Certificate Search]
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*[http://www.donmouth.co.uk/ Patrick Brennan's Jarrow Pages]
  
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/durham.html Local History Society]
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*[http://www.interment.net/data/eng/durham/lumley/index.htm  Lumley Cemetery Burial Index]  
  
*[http://www.keystothepast.info/k2p/usp.nsf/pws/Keys+to+the+Past+-+Home+Page Village Index, Descriptions and Museums]  
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*[http://mymarras.co.uk/pages/enter.htm My Marras]  
  
*[http://www.trimdontimes.co.uk/html/old.html Trimdon - Photographs and History ]
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*[http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/ Welcome to Newcastle City Council]  
  
 
*[http://www.sedgefieldvillage.co.uk/history.html Sedgefield History]
 
*[http://www.sedgefieldvillage.co.uk/history.html Sedgefield History]
  
*[http://www.old-maps.co.uk/gazetteer/10durha111/10durha111gazA.htm TOWN and VILLAGE MAPS]
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*[http://www.tunsilk.co.uk/page2.html Silksworth and Tunstall in The Great War]
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*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bandl.danby/ History of Skelton-in-Cleveland]
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*[http://www.shlhs.com/ South Hylton Local History Society]  
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/dur/county_durham_workhouses.htm County Durham Workhouses]
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*[http://www.picturespennymoor.co.uk/index.html Spennymoor History - Local History, Pictures, Records and Information]
  
*[http://www.teesvalley-indexes.co.uk/ Tees Valley Indexes - Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages.]
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*[http://www.townswebarchiving.com/SpennymoorSearch/ Spennymoor and Tudhoe Grave Register Search]
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*[http://www.startforth.org.uk/ Holy Trinity Church Startforth]
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*[http://www.stocktonroots.co.uk/ Stockton Roots]
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*[http://www.sunderlandward.co.uk/ Sunderland Cemetery Index]  
  
 
*[http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/ Sunderland City Council]
 
*[http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/ Sunderland City Council]
  
*[http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/ Welcome to Newcastle City Council]
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*[http://www.sunnisidelocalhistorysociety.co.uk/ Sunniside Local History Society]
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*[http://trimdon.com/html/genealogy.html Trimdon Times]
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*[http://www.dur.ac.uk/j.m.hutson/tudhoe/ The History of Tudhoe Village]
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*[http://www.westaucklandweb.com/ West Auckland]
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*[http://www.cornforth.org.uk/  West Cornforth]
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*[http://www.daledaniel.fsnet.co.uk/ Witton Park]
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
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*[http://www.dur.ac.uk/picturesinprint/ Maps and Prints before 1860]
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*[http://tynemouth.frankgillings.com/homepage.htm Pictures of Tynemouth]
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*[http://www.sine.ncl.ac.uk/ Structural Images of the North-East]
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==Register Office==
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Over the years county boundary changes have resulted in several changes to the district coverage. To avoid confusion try the following sites, they have links to local BMD index databases, certificate ordering and register office contact details.
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Certificate Applications are now dealt with at a new purpose built site at Bishop Auckland.
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*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/Pages/Service.aspx?ServiceId=663 Durham BMD]
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*[http://www.durham.gov.uk/Pages/Service.aspx?ServiceId=7085 Register Office Locations and Contact Details]
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*[http://www.darlington.gov.uk/Legal+Services/Register+Office/Register+Office.htm Darlington Register Office]
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*[http://online.gateshead.gov.uk/bmd/default.aspx  Gateshead Births, Deaths and Marriages Online Search]
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*[http://www.northeastbmd.org.uk/ North East Births, Marriages & Deaths]  with links to 18 register offices from the England/Scotland Border in Northumberland down to Middlesbrough, an excellent resource for the whole of North East England.
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*[http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/pages/registrars/ Sunderland City Council's Births, Deaths and Marriages Online Search]
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*[http://www.teesvalley-indexes.co.uk/ Tees Valley Indexes - Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages]
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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://www.pjoiner.demon.co.uk/genuki/DUR/parishes.html GENUKI - Durham Towns and Parishes]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
*[http://www.dmm.org.uk/ Durham Mining Museum]
 
  
*[http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/  The Northern Echo :: News, Sport, Business and more]
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com/  Durham Records Online: Search Census and Church Records]
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://mymarras.co.uk/pages/enter.htm MyMarras]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[http://www.picturespennymoor.co.uk/index.html  Picture Spennymoor History - Local History, Pictures, Records and Information]
 
  
*[http://www.keystothepast.info/k2p/usp.nsf/pws/Keys%20to%20the%20Past%20-%20Home%20Page  Keys To The Past]
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
  
*[http://www.geograph.org.uk/  Geograph British Isles - photograph every grid square! ]
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==Photo Offers==
  
*[http://www.cornforth.org.uk/  West Cornforth]
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Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.
  
*[http://www.churchplansonline.org/  Church Plans On Line]
 
  
*[http://www.interment.net/  Cemetery Records Online]
 
  
*[http://online.gateshead.gov.uk/bmd/default.aspx  Births, Deaths and Marriages Online Search]
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Latest revision as of 09:21, 16 May 2023

In the North East of England, the county had one of Britain's richest coalfields and was once mined extensively.

The land is hilly and rugged, and arranged around its castled capital, Durham.

Jarrow, South Shields and Sunderland to the northeast are metropolitan areas with a great shipbuilding tradition.

The Venerable Bede, known as the father of English, lived at Jarrow and lies in Durham Cathedral.

County town: Durham


Other major towns: Sunderland, South Shields, Gateshead


Durham Places of Worship


Regional Projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia

Resources

Primary Reference



Countywide Interest



Specific Town and Village Interest



Maps and Photographs

Register Office

Over the years county boundary changes have resulted in several changes to the district coverage. To avoid confusion try the following sites, they have links to local BMD index databases, certificate ordering and register office contact details.

Certificate Applications are now dealt with at a new purpose built site at Bishop Auckland.

  • North East Births, Marriages & Deaths with links to 18 register offices from the England/Scotland Border in Northumberland down to Middlesbrough, an excellent resource for the whole of North East England.

Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.


Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts


Cemetery Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.


Cemetery Lookup Contacts

Photo Offers

Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.


Back to England